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The Texas Longhorns face off against the Kansas Jayhawks this coming Saturday morning in Lawrence for a morning kickoff on FOX Sports Net.
This one has all the trappings of a potential trap game for Texas? the cold weather, the possibility of taking Kansas for granted, an early kickoff etc.? but in reality, should be seen by Mack Brown and his squad as a chance to make a statement.
That statement:
We aren?t done with the Big 12 title race just yet.
While Texas would need some help from their rivals to cut a path towards the Big 12 crown, it?s certainly not out of the realm of possibility given what remains on the conference schedule.
A convincing win over the Jayhawks? which should come via a potent offense and a defense that desperately wants to prove they are not a punchline, and will have the chance to do so against a sub-par offense?may be just what Texas needs to mentally prepare for a tough 22-day stretch against three quality teams.
On November 3rd, the Longhorns travel to Lubbock to take on a Texas Tech Red Raiders squad which has caught the attention of the nation in recent weeks with huge wins over the West Virginia Mountaineers and TCU Horned Frogs on consecutive Saturdays. The Red Raiders travel to Manhattan, Kansas this Saturday to take on the Kansas State Wildcats in one of the most anticipated match-ups of the day.
A Tech win over K-State would instantly alter the landscape of the Big XII race, and provide even greater incentive for Texas to carry momentum over from a convincing win over Kansas into a battle with the Red Raiders on the High Plains. While a Tech loss might make this game less urgent, Texas still would have plenty to prove, regardless.
The Oklahoma Sooners match-up with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish this Saturday also has substantial implications for the rest of the season. If Notre Dame can pull off what appears to be the impossible, and knock off the Sooners in Norman, we could see multiple new one-loss teams by next Sunday.
The moral of the story for Texas is that there is plenty of football left to be played.
The story of the 2012 season is still in it?s opening chapters with plenty left to be written.
A dominating win over the Kansas Jayhawks on Saturday could be just what Texas needs to make sure they control their destiny in November and not the opposite.
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Kris Hughes?is the College Football Network Manager for Rant Sports and a member of the Football Writers Association of America.
You can follow him on?Twitter?or check out his?Facebook?page.
Kris is also the host of?the?Rant Sports College Football Hour?on the TSC Radio Network on Sunday evenings at 8 Central Time and?Rant Sports Radio?on the Blog Talk Radio Network Wednesday evenings at 8 Central Time.
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